The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), supported by the Feed the Future Southern Africa Seed Trade Project with technical direction from the USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub, opened the SADC Seed Technical Meeting 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This week the Trade and Investment Hub held a meeting with the Citrus Board of Swaziland and officials from the Swaziland Ministry of Agriculture to discuss the status of the draft pest risk analysis (PRA) report on citrus exports to the U.S.

Oryx Desert Salt (www.oryxdesertsalt.co.za) a widely popular brand of high-end salt and pepper, sold widely in South Africa through Woolworths and other leading specialty food retailers, has joined forces with the Trade and Investment Hub to promote further exports of their growing range of salt products.

Kibo Capital Partners (“Kibo”) announced its acquisition of a leading Mozambican food and non-food consumer goods distributor, Tropigalia S.A (http://www.tropigalia.co.mz). This transaction marks Kibo’s first acquisition in Mozambique, and the fifth deal from its second fund holding $63 million in financial assets.

The Trade and Investment Hub met with South African COO Joshua Low from Messe Frankfurt, a global events and exhibitions company, to discuss its recent acquisition of Source Africa. Source Africa is Africa’s premier clothing and footwear trade show designed to promote exports to the U.S. and other international markets.

Source Africa was started with direct grant and technical support from USAID through the Southern Africa Trade Hub in 2013.